May 29, 2025

Lenore Palladino recently published an article in Feminist Economics titled "The Potential Macroeconomic Effects of the Build Back Better Care Investments." In the article, Palladino and coauthor Chirag Lala (UMass Amherst, economics) investigate the potential macroeconomic impacts of investments in home healthcare, childcare, and universal paid leave in the United States as proposed in 2021 as part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Build Back Better policy reforms.

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